Hero of the Rails

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Hero of the Rails is a 2009 CGI television special Thomas & Friends. This special takes place between Season 12 and 13.

Dialogue

Spencer: Dear, oh, dear! It only takes two engines to push and pull one flatbed and freight car. I am pulling five!

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Gordon: Thomas is NOT a toy!

Edward: He is a REALLY USEFUL engine!

James: And he is VERY strong!

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Spencer: So there you are Thomas, broken down, I see? Seven flatbeds must just have been too heavy for you.

Thomas: (retorts cheekily) Good morning Spencer, well done.

Narrator: Spencer was amazed, he wasn’t expecting Thomas to be cheery.

Spencer: Uh, um, what did you say?!

Thomas: I said, good morning, and well done.

Spencer: I…. I….

Victor: Do you have a job to do Spencer, or are you just going to stand here gossiping? You are taking up a lot of track.

Narrator: Spencer was shocked.

Spencer: [gasps] No one speaks to me like that.

Narrator: Then, Spencer slid away, sneering.

Spencer: [grumbling] (fuming) I can’t believe that….

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Spencer: Is this what you have been doing, Thomas, making a heap of scrap for the smelter’s yard?! Because that is the only thing that this engine's good for. The Fat Controller/Sir Topham Hatt will make sure of that.

Gordon: I will race you to Maith Waite, Slowcoach Spencer. I will win.

Spencer: [gasps] Oh, no. You will not, Gordon. I will win.

Spencer: (gasps) Fumbling Fenders….

Duke Of Boxford: Spencer, You Have Let Us Down! We Left You In Charge Of Our Summerhouse, And It's Not Ready For Our Holiday! Our Friend The Fat Controller/Sir Topham Hatt Says: You Spend All Day; Watching Thomas?!

Sir Topham Hatt: And Talking Mail Trucks That Aren't Yours! You Told Me You Would Take Them Back To Percy, And You Haven't!

Narrator: Spencer's Pride Was In Pieces.

Spencer: They Have A Very Old Engine, A-A Heap Of Scrap In Fact; I Was Chasing It Because I-I-In Fact Fat Controller/Sir Topham Hatt, You Should-‐‐

Duke Of Boxford: Please, Spencer, Stop! Chasing Engines That Are A Heap Of Scrap?! We'll Have To Send You Back To The Mainland, It's Quite Clear, You're Not Fit To Work!

Cast

• Togo Igawa as Hiro

US dub

• Narrated by Michael Brandon
• Martin Sherman as Thomas and Percy
• Kerry Shale as Henry, Gordon, James, Kevin and Sir Topham Hatt
• William Hope as Edward, Toby, Rocky and the Duke of Boxford
• Jules de Jongh as Emily, Mavis and the Duchess of Boxford
• Glenn Wrage as Spencer
• David Bedella as Victor

Original US dub

• Michael Bayliss as Henry

UK dub

• Narrated by Michael Angelis
• Ben Small as Thomas and Toby
• Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy and the Fat Controller
• Teresa Gallagher as Emily, Mavis and the Duchess of Boxford
• Matt Wilkinson as Spencer, Victor, Rocky, Kevin and the Duke of Boxford

Original UK dub

• Brian Herring as Thomas and Mark Jefferis as Spencer

External links

• Hero of the Rails quotes at the Internet Movie Database